Nikos Psacharopoulos Biography (1928-1989)

Born January 18, 1928, in Athens, Greece; immigrated to the United States in1947; died following surgery for colon cancer, January 12, 1989, in the Virgin Islands; son of Konstantin Nicholas and Helen (Mitsakos) Psacharopoulos.

Nationality

Greek, American

Gender

Male

Birth Details

January 18, 1928

Athens, Greece

Death Details

January 12, 1989

the Virgin Islands

Famous Works

Credits; STAGE WORK; DIRECTOR

Legend of Lovers, Yale University School of Drama, New Haven, CT, 1958.

The Play of Daniel, New York Pro Musica, the Cloisters, New York City, 1958.

Agamemnon, Yale University School of Drama, 1959.

He Who Must Die and The Flowering Peach, both Yale University School of Drama, 1960.

Man Better Man and The Visit, both Yale University School of Drama, 1963.

Tambourines to Glory, Little Theatre, New York City, 1963.

The Play of Herod, New York Pro Musica, the Cloisters, 1963.

Arms and the Man, Yale University School of Drama, 1965.

Lizzie Borden, New York City Opera, City Center Theatre, New York City, 1965.

Cavalleria Rusticana and Miss Julie, both State Theatre, New York City, 1965.

Peer Gynt, Yale University School of Drama, 1966.

Dialogues of the Carmelites, State Theatre, 1966.

Androcles and the Lion, American Shakespeare Festival, Stratford, CT, 1968.

Also director of productions at Rangeley Lakes Summer Theatre, Rangeley,ME, 1954; Light Up the Sky, The Seagull, Rhinoceros, Once Upon a Mattress, The Visit, Time Remembered, Our Town, The Skin of Our Teeth, Toys in the Attic,The Madwoman of Chaillot, A Streetcar Named Desire, Othello, Becket, Man andSuperman, The Cherry Orchard, Pal Joey, A View from the Bridge, A Man for All Seasons, Ondine, Cyrano de Bergerac, Once in a Lifetime, Mary Stuart, SaintJoan, Caesar and Cleopatra, Two for the Seesaw, The Flowering Peach, Heartbreak House, Peer Gynt, Camino Real, Enemies, The Three Sisters, Misalliance, and The Legend of Oedipus, all Williamstown Theatre Festival, Williamstown, MA, 1955-88; and Arms and the Man, Pasadena Playhouse, Pasadena, CA.